3rd sailor involved with 2 dead in Ghana

[unhappycamper]

3rd sailor involved with 2 dead in Ghana
By Francis Kokutse - The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Jan 5, 2008 7:21:55 EST

ACCRA, Ghana — The bodies of two Virginia-based Navy sailors who were found dead in a hotel room in the West African nation of Ghana on New Year’s Eve have been flown to Germany for a post-mortem examination.

Frank Adu-Poku, the director-general of Ghana’s Criminal Investigation Department, also said Friday a third sailor who had been with the two has been hospitalized since their bodies were discovered. Adu-Poku would not comment further on the third sailor’s hospitalization, which had not previously been reported.

A U.S. government official familiar with the investigation who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he wanted to protect the integrity of the investigation said the third sailor was brought to the hospital on Jan. 1 as a precaution only and released a few hours later.

Adu-Poku said the investigation included a review of closed circuit television footage from the hotel and following leads provided by the third sailor.

“We are working on so many clues and hope to find the cause of their death,” he said. “Two able-bodied men cannot enter a hotel and be found dead the next day.”


Rest of article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/01/navy_ghanasailors_080103w/

[Rageneau]

1. They died drinking for their country.